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Read the streetsign if it’s not obvious where this is.

That’s the Bay Bridge, the one William Gibson wrote those nice stories
about life on, life after the Big One hits the Bay Area. Early morning; the photo
omits the street people sleeping end-to-end on the sidewalks; also the
Porsches parked alongside.

Because Vancouver's a much nicer (IMHO) place to live ;-). I love SF and have visited many times, one of my favourite places to play tourist. Could not, however, consider living anywhere else than Vancouver.

I'm used to sometimes seeing familar glimpses of British Columbia in Tim's photos, but this was a shock. This picture was taken along The Embarcadero, right outside the building where I worked for about ten years. Thank you for reminding me of the beautiful view and the foggy fall mornings.

Many natives, including me, attribute the visibility of the destitute to the relative decency with which they are treated here. San Francisco is temperate, has a services budget in the $100M's, and has vocal advocates for the destitute at many levels of government. (Note that by "relative" I mean "relative to the rest of the USA" not "relative to other rich countries.")